In Fury Born (Fury Series Book 1)

Maybe "in numrous conversations born" would be a better title? Lucky the author is good at dialogue! There maybe action later but after encountering about 400 new characters and no action whatsoever, by chapter 6, I was getting really bored. I started flicking ahead at chapter 2 - this is a bad sign. There maybe some fury or action and even some fury later in th book? I was not patient enough to find it. Maybe the action is in book 2? Maybe I need to be more patient? Clearly many other reviewers are into conversation much more than I am.

New approach, for me, to the combat hero. One person with 3 distinct personalities and not schizophrenic. Also liking the strong female warrior characters. Thought some of the battle scenes cut a little short but overall a good read.

Weber is one of my favorite sci-fi authors. It is extremely difficult to put one of his works down unfinished. Add in coauthor Ringo and go lock the front door. Hope there is plenty of food in the fridge. T

This is absolutely the best David Weber book I've ever read. It has so much potential. Though a complete story in itself, I would really love to see more. Please write a few more books about Alicia as an "O" branch operative. I enjoy all of Mr. Weber's books, but again, this is head and shoulders above the rest.

There are a few books that I would place in t:he same category with in fury born. Sanity of insanity, change the direction change the state of mind. I have read this book a dozen times , still enjoy reading it. Had to have it on my kindle.

In Fury Born is a revised reprint of Weber's Path of the Fury, with a complete prequel added. Unfortunately, the prequel displays a command of military tactics that would embarrass a newly minted second lieutenant. In particular, the scouting (or lack thereof) and deployment for the climactic ambush of the heroine's elite Cadre unit is so bad that if any of the officers had survived, they should have been court martialed for gross negligence in combat (or whatever the correct charge is).

Moving into the second half, the heroine is possessed by a Greek demon, one of the original Furies in order to help here achieve revenge for the death of her family. Does anyone else find it odd that this demon sat around for five thousand years unable to find anyone else looking for vengeance? Then it becomes a deus ex machina, able to not only manipulate human minds, but to be an uber-computer expert able to run free through any encryption or system structure.

Next, the heroine then steals a state-of-the-art warship that is sitting completely unguarded at the dock, and merges with the ship's AI in a manner totally different from the way it was designed to operate. Now she has three personalities in her head.

Puh-leese!

I won't even go into the ludicrous space battles. There really isn't any structured plot here. All events occur by the author's fiat, without much preliminary groundwork, and no rhyme or reason other than "the heroine always wins".

I gave it two stars for likable characters, but that was being generous.

Page 716 has the first of a mere handful of VAGUE hints that a male of the species might, just possibly, be attracted to a female. There's probably no truth to it, of course, and there's no hint of ANY kind that such an attraction could go both ways. In Weber's universe, the human race would have died out centuries ago from lack of interest. Alicia's name could be changed to "Albert" with ZERO impact on the story and, overall, Weber may as well be writing about asexual alien amoebae, not humans.

That said, and despite the usual hundreds of pages of long-winded groundwork before anything happens, In Fury Born is also packed with action and tension. Nobody tells a battle better than David Weber.

Once he GETS to it.

Can't this guy write without using 'but' in every sentance? It reads like a bad romance novel. So much useless description that makes the text feel chopy. He uses comas like they're going out of style!

Webber seems to feel the need to describe what everyone is saying with descriptive words that don't fit the characters. Does a hardened Colonel muse? Does a command sergeant major say "...pussyfoot around" to another man?

It's painful to read. Just when I start to get into the story there's another description that contradicts what's happening, or makes a strong male character seem weak.

The story stops often every few pages to describe the world around the characters. Why not use the characters to describe their world? Instead of interrupting the story with what Camp Mackenzie is like, let Alicia remember her experience there, or lets watch her go through it. That would make a reader feel invested in a character.

There are pages upon pages of characters talking about Alicia DeVries, but not much from her perspective. A lot of he said, she said, not a lot of what's happening to her and how does she feel about it. I thought the story was supposed to be about her.

Just getting to page 36 was a struggle. I don't know how much more I can take.

Better reads about the future would be Richard K. Morgan's -Takeshi Kovacs Novels (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies).

Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, and Deception Point for sheer adrenalin rush and fantastic writing.

After reading intelligent books that make you think, and let you use your own imagination, as well as develop the characters without endless description, I have a really hard time with David Weber's In Fury Born.

Compared to the run-of-the-mill books I come across this is definitely a four-star book.

However, compared to the Honor Harrington books, it's not very good.

Without going into a lot of detail, this lacks the characterization, universe building, and reasonable plotting of the honorverse books.

It also has several weird things about it... One odd thing is that no one ever shows any interest or tendency towards marriage or sex or romance. I don't think any married couple ever has a conversation in the book. I'm not saying that there should be a lot, but still... As far as I can tell, except for the main character's mother, everybody is a virgin, males and females both.

That being said, it's still a good read.

Of all David Weber's 'series', I think this has to be his best. He gets the balance of military, action and politics just right.

We start with Alley as a teenager and progress through her military career, through different units and ranks. Then after a treasonous act is uncovered, there is a divergence with her belief in the system that should have given her dead justice.

From there tragedy takes her on a different course. And a new chapter in her life opens. One of vengeance.

I've read David Weber's Honor Harrington series and I personally prefer the Fury Series. I highly recommend this book to any scifi military readers.

Having recently finished the excellent Honor Harrington series, I decided it was high time to peruse David Weber's backlog of other titles. The war-related books didn't really interest me, but In Fury Born snared my attention.

Alicia DeVries a girl who excels at many things, and being the granddaughter of an infamous marine, one of those things is combat. Her sense of Honor and duty are, unsurprisingly for a Weber character, pristine and incorruptible. And that's really what the core of the book revolves around.

Sure, she spends some time as a marine, then moves up the ranks quickly to become a drop commando as one of the emperor's elite Imperial Cadre, and even becomes infamous for her success. But it's her sense of duty that drives her, and for the first half of the book, Weber spends a long time fleshing out her character. It's like a Harrington novel, replete with back-room shenanigans, long and often boring political maneuvering, and seemed to be Just Another Space War Novel. But I kept remembering the blurb on the back of the book, which promised an AI warship and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's ancient legends.

Hundreds of pages later, something I really should have expected from Weber by now, everything fell into place. Tisiphone the Fury does exist, and she finds in Alicia a rage unparalleled, coupled with a capacity for destruction honed by technology into something terrible. Alicia's sense of loss and honor demand retribution, and the corruption running rife through the empire must be purged, pirates slaughtering millions for political ends must be obliterated, even if it means her own demise.

That's where the real fun starts. After suffering for the first half of the book wondering when it actually got any good, Weber made up for it in spades. Not to say that the first half of the book is *bad*, just that it wasn't anything spectacular. After the Fury enters the scene, the reader is brought into the conspiracy, knowing that Alicia isn't insane, ready to savor her victories after so much wrenching loss. She deserves it, and the second half of the book becomes something of a fulfillment fantasy as all the pent-up potential unleashes itself in one single one-sided campaign.

Alicia, the AI ship, and the Fury absolutely dominate everything in their path. Fleets are demolished, space stations annihilated. Weber installs an Achilles Heel that, left unchecked, could transform Alicia into nothing more than vengeance unleashed. Considering her history of honorable combat, that would be the worst shame, a fall from grace that would immolate the galaxy, all driven by her rage and pain. Yes sir, that's certainly what I wanted to read.

But, oh the cost of getting there. Weber certainly needed to introduce Alicia properly, and at least one campaign with the Cadre was absolutely required to demonstrate her capability and resolve. But it went on, and on. There were no teasers, no hint at all as to the 180-degree turn the second half of the novel would make, save the foreshadowing in the title. Without the blurb on the back, a reader might think they picked up the wrong book entirely. I found myself checking a couple times to make sure I didn't grab the wrong novel from my Weber shelf.

So in one way, it's a typical Weber work: lots of boring introduction followed by an equal amount of gleeful payoff. It's a good read, but a grueling one.

David I must apologise, I thought the Path Of The Fury was excellent and didn't need expansion, I was wrong. This explains how the superwoman Alicia DeVries can become an ally of the Fury Tisiphone, a creature of the Greek Gods; turn her back on the Empire and the Emperor she was a paladin for; and, almost, single-handedly capture the elusive pirates who killed and tortured her family. We also see how important family and friends are in the development of individuals. This is also a study in the difference and importance of revenge versus Justice, and why justice is so important to the creation and sustenance of any civilisation.

Why I love this book. First the exploration of what it takes to be a profesional soldier, something that takes up 2 thirds of the book, also the sacrifices those soldiers take to protect their citizens. We see it explored in discusions with her Grandfather, and between her Father and Grandfather, and between her trainers in her carreer from PFC. Marine to Lt. in the Imperial Guard. We also see why a single incedent in her carreer can turn her against her empire and to a blind alliance with the Fury Tisiphone. What is also fun is watching the creation of a new Fury triumvirate of Tisiphone, the real thing; Megaira, the AI ship Alicia has stolen and linked herself to; and the Human Alicia DeVries.

David, you now have 2 masterpieces, the Honorverse and In Fury Born. Your time and effort in competely re-writing Path Of The Fury is well worth it, and this is a must read for fans of Weber, military fiction of both the Science Fiction variety as well as more typical Military Fiction and Histories of various military battles and campaigns.

More Is Better

In Fury Born (2006) is a greatly expanded version of the novel Path of the Fury (1992). The earlier novel has already been the subject of a prior review and, insofar as I can tell without the book in hand, the latter half of this work is basically unchanged from that work (with maybe a minor correction or two). This volume, however, adds 436 pages (more than doubling the length) which cover the life of Alicia DeVries from the age of fourteen to the day she resigns from the Imperial Cadre.

Alicia first came to the attention of the Cadre through the results of the standard exams taken in her fourteenth year. However, the Cadre was constitutionally restricted from minority enlistments and she was only added to the recruiting watchlist. After her graduation from the Emperor's New College and immediate enlistment in the Imperial Marines, the Cadre began actively manipulating her career.

Her first assignment after basic training was to the Recon battalion on Gyangtse, where she displayed conspicious awareness of both the military and the political environments. Her subsequent deployments continued to demonstrate her brilliance and competence, so she was rapidly promoted to staff sergeant. She was slated for a transfer to the Raiders when the Cadre offered her an alternative. Thereupon she became one of Brigadier Sir Arthur Keita's proteges.

Alicia only resigned from the Cadre after the Emperor betrayed her dead by making a deal to allow the traitor of Shallingsport to live. She settled on Mathison's World with her family for four years. Then the "pirates" raided her homestead, but missed Alicia because she was out hunting direcats. Her family was dead by the time she could return, but shortly thereafter all the raiders were also dead. Unfortunately, Alicia was dying as well, but everything changed when she made a deal with the remanents of the Fury Tisiphone (see my prior review).

With David Weber, more is better. The first half of this novel is just as engrossing as the latter half. It is a long read, but well worth it.

Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys military and naval action novels.

-Arthur W. Jordin

I was perusing a used books store in Little Rock and came across "In Fury Born". It looked like it might be a good read, so I bought it. It took quite awhile to read the book; partly because I was busy and constantly being interrupted and partly because it was a difficult read.

I didn't realize this was a re-release of the original with a back story. However when I read that fact in a review it brought more of the book into focus. the "back story" was a good read and very entertaining. However, although it was 2/3 of the book, it was hurried. That said, there was a great deal of detail in the book that could have been eliminated and the reader would have been no worse of for it. I found myself skimming pages looking for dialog.

I think the universe created here is worth another book or two. It would be great to be able to read about DeVries as an inspector!

While Alicia DeVries shares many attributes with Honor Harrington, this is a totally different storyline in a new universe. As of now, it is fully contained in this single, long, novel. The pace of the action and the pathos of the heroism Alicia exhibits is absolutely Weber at his BEST! Any Honor fans will LOVE this one! Note: If you've read Path of the Fury, this is an omnibus whose first half fills in the backstory for Path and the second half IS Path of the Fury, so don't buy both.

Another note (not sure if the store will publish this): The ebook version of this (and all Weber books other than Safehold) is only available at baen.com. It's not as simple an interface as the store's Kindle books, but it has the advantage in that you "own" the ebook after you purchase it and you can do whatever you want with it.

Happy Reading!

This is Path of the Fury from '92 with a prequesl In Fury Born 2005. The prequel was better than the subsequent book. I have been reading SF for 60 years and the prequel was one of the best I have read. The last 1/3 of the book (the original story was good too.
Fast paced and captavating. Lots of action and a wonderful heroine. What more could you want!

For the price of this novel, you are getting a heck of a story, almost like three books in one (and long enough too). The first book is Alicia DeVries growing up, joining the marines, and her first engagement (three 1/2 stars). The second book is her cadre career (three stars). The third book is her personal crusade for justice when pirates kill her family after she retires (four stars).

The last part, the third book, is the best part. The earlier two segments have their moments, but also drag out. I think the best part was core of the older novel "Path of Fury" by Weber, but since I never read that work, I can only evaluate the complete "In Fury Born."

Despite the lesser quality of the introductory parts, I rate this four stars. It had lots of action, I liked the protagonist, the political backdrop was believable, and it ended well. I recommend this novel to people who like military SF.

'Brilliant! Excellent! Outstanding! Superb!! A favorite of favorites..

I can hardly remember when I wasn't a David Weber & Honor Harrington fan BUT this is quite
possibly my favorite Weber story. I like it even more than many of the excellent
"Honorverse"stories. In contrast to some reviewer comments, it IS one of the few books I have
re-read several times & will do so again. After a while, it's hard not to re-read it, both because
it's a favorite and because little else reaches it's level of excellence. Each time I read it I pick up
details and insights that I missed before. One can hardly disagree that in many of his stories
Weber clearly likes describing huge numbers and percentages of missiles, counter-missiles, point
defense weapons, successes and failures thereof, as well as long forays into what characters are
feeling, thinking and saying to each other, to the press, etc, etc. In this book, however, such
discussions are, in my opinion, moderate and very appropriate in length and character to help
develop the story. The story moves forward quite well, and, best of all, it's a real humdinger of a
story even for Weber.

Others have given details & synopses of the story, I won't repeat that info. I will say that part one
gives the origin of part two, which I read years ago, and was, IMHO, needed - glad to see he
wrote it. Overall, in many ways it's a very clever story with plot devices that go beyond the
standard beam-weapons-and-missiles, etc, that we've come to know so well. And, I'll also have
to say that if you're reading these reviews you are probably already a fan of fantasy & sci-fi, and
probably of military sci-fi. [And if you're not, this story will quite possibly make you one!] You
probably already have favorite fictional characters, perhaps from as long ago [as do I] as
Heinlein's Lazarus Long, and likely more recent really superb characters from books by such
favorite authors as Elizabeth Moon and Lois McMaster Bujold, and of course, "The
Salamander." If so, read this book and you'll be delighted to add Allie DeVries to that very
special list...

Now the problem is what and when will the author do something new with this character? It's
not a series YET.. [as of this writing in November 2010] But it should be. OTOH, this book will be a really hard act to follow & he's already so busy.. Tragic! Also.. Buy the hardcover as you may want to re-read it.

Cheers, BK

David Weber has done it again! If you never read the original story of Alicia DeVries in "Path of the Fury" then now you have a chance to read an expanded version. This book is divided into five novellas that provide much need background into the life of the heroine.

The first book covers her reasons for enlisting in the Imperial Marines. We get a glimpse of her family and her first exposure to combat as a member of the marines. In the second book, her recruitment into the Cadre, training, and a mission gone horribly wrong that destroys most of her Cadre company. As captain of the reconstituted Cadre company, the third book explains why she left the service and became a colonist with her family. The fourth book introduces Alicia's reason for turning to the Fury and her link to Tisiphone. Book five covers the added link to the third member of the triumvirate, Megaira. Human, Fury, and AI are now complete and ready for revenge. But, can you call a victory of revenge triumph?

The author has produced a very well thought out blend of Greek mythology, technical advancements, and tragedy into an exciting tale. I can only hope that the tantalizing clues at the end mean that a sequel will be written. I highly recommend this book.

I thought that IN FURY BORN surpassed even the "Honor Harrington" series which I have, up til now, run out to buy as soon as they are available. Perhaps the story of a young recruit resonates so strongly because of our current military actions. But I am seldom moved to tears and the section dealing with the Cadre's defeat in Shallingsport was nail biting suspense along with a healthy dose of emotion.

As a female and a veteran, I find that Weber does a great job portraying women doing a job on an equal footing - and not even having to notice that they are "equal"! Since we're talking almost 500 years in the future I guess we can hope.... The beauty of the writing is in the matter-of-fact portrayal of a duty recognized and done.

The scifi aspects were clear and understandable and added to my enjoyment of the story. At times the spaceship details in the Harrington series interfere with the narrative flow (for me). This book was seamless. Thank you, David Weber!

I do not see any reason to tell you what the book is about with a review but this is top notch military fiction. I am now a fan of Weber's and am working through the Honor Herrington series. This particular work has much more action than many of his offerings. Not that that is a bad point just an observation in case you think it is like some of his earlier work. The unexpected mixture with old Greek mythology and high SF is an odd but intriguing combination. I feel that his universe has much the same feel as "blackjack's" universe and mixes lots of real, if speculative, science in with his fiction. Overall it is very entertaining and I highly recommend it.

As a big fan of the Honor Harrington series, I have been reading a great deal of Weber's other works. This is one of the best "non-Honor" works I have yet seen. Weber is a master of the space/naval genre these days, and this work certainly matches to that standard.

The only problem (and it's a minor one) that I had with this was that it covered too much ground. Weber did it very well, but it seemed that some things were compressed to set up the next stage of the story.

Still, the whirwind tour of this woman's life, plus the addition of...well...strange mythogy appearing in an unexpected way, makes for a doozy of a story. I don't know if this is the start of a series, but I will look forward to others.

i'm sorry, but as far as i'm concerned the prequel (first half of this book) which was added to the front of "Path of the Fury" (second half of this book -- the attack on the farm onward) only dilutes the original, and adds nothing to the character or plot development

I just re-read this for the third time (I really do like Weber stories), and I have to disagree with some other reviewers who feel that Alicia could just as well have been a bloke.

What makes this story arc fascinating is the rather subtle intertwining of two quite distinct themes. The first has been mentioned by others, which is personal vengeance versus societal justice - deep enough in its own right. The second is the nature of Fury. A concept mostly lost to our somewhat secular society. I would remind people where the term comes from: Middle English furour, wrath, fury, from Old French fureur, from Latin furor, from furere, to rage. And the Furies? All Godesses. All female.

Fury is an emotion so deep as to be an elemental force. Consider a mother cat defending her kittens against a predator that she /knows/ is going to kill her. But still she fights; and sometimes prevails. Her rage is elemental, and brooks no opposition. It is a fire.

Alicia/Megaira/Tisiphone becomes the fire against which her opponents cannot prevail. She becomes that elemental force. In my opinion, that is quite unequivocally - perhaps not 'feminine' - but most definitely female.

I want to see more of the Fury.

I fell in love with the Honor Harrington series. Then I discovered "In Fury Born", I wasn't too sure about it at first, not being a novel about his favorite Sphinxian and her treecat. But, after reading it through, I fell in love with it too. I hope he writes another adventure for Cadre Capt. Alicia "Alley" Deirdre DeVries and her unique companions. I'm not all that sure Mr. weber even knows how to write a bad book. one of his best to date!!!

I have read Path to Fury before and I knew this is a prequal before I dived into it.

But oh boy, I have never seen a prequal done so well. Even though I knew how it is going to turn out (Alicia was going to leave the Cadre, she was going to lost her family ...), the novel still griped me from start to finish.

The characters are well done and there is no one in the world that can write battle scenes as well as DW. All the battles are exciting, emotional but also clear explained so the readers know what is going on at all times. The tactics, use of hardware all seem to be very intelligently thought out .. which is a hallmark of DW's novels.

I am now feverishly hoping for a sequal. This universe potentially can be as interesting as the honorverse.

When I first read Path of the Fury some years ago I enjoyed it greatly, so when I heard Weber was doing another Fury story I was overjoyed,subsequently I was disapointed on finding out it wasn't a sequel but a rewrite.Now I've read it I can safely say it is so much more then *just* a rewrite it is a fleshing out of an already excellent story, the backstory is well realised and fits in seamlessly with the original plot. This story remains an excellent example of an old fashioned revenge drama. Unfortunately I found the terrorist subplots in the additions to be very typical of recent american media treatments and this did detract from them in my opinion. This is a book which all fans of David Weber's work will enjoy, drama, character development,300 million reasons to forgive someone and Weber's trademark exploding spaceships.

I've always been a fan of David Weber. I used to love to read Path of the Fury all the time. When I heard he was expanding it to In Fury Born, I eagery read the book, and was not diappointed. It was so good that I feel it is the first book to ever supplant Ender's Game as the best Science Fiction novel ever written.

I never read the original novel, so I'll comment only on my impressions of the current revision. The executive summary is that it is a David Weber military space opera story, with pretty much all the positives and negatives that implies.

The plots are well executed, except for a glitch where the new material is grafted onto the original story. It is easy to spot -- the first half of the book is obviously a post-9/11 story about honor, sacrifice, duty, and terrorism. The second half of the book is entirely different, being a more traditional space opera story.

As usual with Weber's stuff, he writes exciting descriptions of military action broken up by detailed technical explanations of the limitations of the hardware he has invented for the story. Also as usual, he spends a great deal of time telling you why each situation is hopeless so that he can impress you when his heroes overcome it. If you are looking for anything other than superficial characterization, you are reading the wrong book.

Many of the staples of Weber space opera are included, such as a heroine who is genetically elite, medical augmentation to create super-soldiers, and a government consisting of a benign monarch who has to deal with craven and treasonous nobles and elected officials.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the book is the question addressed towards the end: What is the difference between justice and vengeance? There is not a great deal of depth involved, unlike for instance something by Steven Brust or Lois Bujold. But even just asking the question opens up more interesting grey areas of morality than are usually addressed in Weber's novels. It does come at a slight cost to the plot, however, because the tension at the ending is almost entirely forced and the suspension of disbelief is severely strained.

As usual I think it could have used some more aggressive editing, but it's better than most of the late Honor Harrington novels in that regard -- probably because he's not trying to tell a much bigger story on top of the one that is happening to the characters.

All in all it is fun to read the first time, but probably not something most people will read over and over again looking for nuances. It's good (but not great) pulp fiction.

The opening of path of the fury (an older book included in the middle of this one ) has a combat sequence which is ten star. The best I've ever read. Weber shows tremendous breadth. The Harrington series is ok. The war God series is awesome. Where, David, is the fury series?

Disclaimer - David is my younger brother.

This isn't as bad as it could have been - if i'd never read the original, shorter - superior - "Path of the Fury", i would almost certainly give this five stars.

But, as it is...

It's way too long.

Dave twists the storyline in the new, earlier parts of the book to make it fit the backstory he originally sketched in the shorter version, and i'm pretty sure it's inconsistent in places - even as rewritten here. (Some of the references to Alicia and Tanis's days in the Cadre don't seem to me to fit together between the newer and older parts, for instance.)

He uses some pretty heavy-handed retcons to insert stuff from the new material in the existing material (his handling of Alicia's grandfather is one such, in my opinion).

Basically, most of this project (the expansion) is an answer to a question that nobody really asked, nor that needed to be answered.

Read the shorter version first - i'll bet you can find it cheap right here on the store - then wait a week or so and read this version.

(He even changed the spelling of one of the characters' name. If it was good enough a spelling for Thorne Smith, by golly...)

I'll keep this short and simple.

Characters that are well written. Plot lines that make sense. Action, adventure, real people in a future easy to imagine.

This book is well worth your time. Go ahead, buy it. You will not be disappointed.

This was one of the first David Weber Books I ever read, and I was fascinated with the complexity of his characters (especailly his amazing female heroine) and such excellent world building. I started to search for more of his books, and thanks goodness he is pretty prolific, so I have not been disappointed, other than I seem to have read them all (again and again) and I wait patiently now for new releases.
But back to In Fury Born...
I have read both the original, and the new edition that incorporates more of Alicia's back story, and to be honest, I cannot decide which is best - I like the greater exposition in the new edition a lot, but perhaps this could have been produced even more successfully as a novella prequel rather than as an expanded novel. I also like that in the original story you gradually find out bits and pieces about the back story that you can then interpret and build on yourself as part of the reader's imaginative interaction.
I really liked the Greek mythology elements (which I will not revel further as that would be a major spoiler) and pretty much the whole cast of characters. But I have to admit that one arguably major character just left me cold ie Tannis - she just seems so clueless and was to me an unsettlingly unsatisfactory character.
But apart from that one character quibble - what a great read - so fast and so furious. I also want to request David Weber to revisit this cast of characters and produce a sequel - there are so many places you could take this story from its current resolution.

Very Good. Weber's past combat experience shows. Have read this book several times.

The publisher put out a tradeback with the 1st story (Birth of the Fury)attached to this story. Both were very good. Get both if you want a good read.

Yes this one is a bit slower than the first as it focuses more on the actions taken by the leaders of Safehold's kingdoms as well as those in the Church. But like other reviewers have mentioned, it has its own share of fast paced naval combat though not on the same scale as the first book. Nonetheless I enjoyed it thoroughly, and impatiently await the next installment.

This installment in the series has its share of laughs, and points where the reader would feel like jumping right into the book and doing Charis a favor and taking out a few of its enemies. In particular Clyntahn (I think that's how his name is spelled in the book), I'd like to see HIM drawn, quartered as slowly as possible. I foresee this guy's arrogance to be his well deserved downfall.

I would say more but do not wish to spoil anything. I will leave it to the reader to discover.

Amazing! I re-read the assault of Charlie Company on Shallingsport every year. I re-read the whole thing every 2-3 years. Unbelievable. Always chokes me up calling out the names of the dead. I feel the fury of the death of her family. Total immersion in the story.

Does anyone besides me think that Weber's female protagonists could, with almost no change in the story, be male? I find nothing "feminine" about them at all. They don't have men problems, they don't get much of a reaction from the men around them. They might as well be men. Does it matter? Maybe not, but why aren't his female readers objecting? Maybe he doesn't have any female readers?

Don't get me wrong, I've read all of his books and enjoyed every one, but I know that women are more than, different than the way he represents them.

Oh, and I am male, married, with children.

The rating is for the original Path of the Fury, and even reduced.
I was perfectly satisfied with the original Path of the Fury, and have no interest in reading more verbiage.
In fact, though I've read all the Honor Harrington books, the last few (4-5) could do with pruning. 20% less text would have made for much better books.
Instead of writing an unnecessary prequel and grafting it on the outstanding original, how about doing something with such a great character as Alicia/Tisiphone/Megarea and writing a sequel?
A general thought - how come we have much less time now, but S.F books are 4 times what they used to be in the 1950-60? The 200 page books they wrote then were at least as good as the 850 pages written now (eg. At All Costs)

The original story was great, but the newer updated story is fantastic. David Webber tends to just drop you into his universe, explaining only what he needs to, so you can follow the technical and political elements of the story. This usually means you just have to take a lot of the background for granted. In the original story this made for some rather large holes that you just dealt with.

NOT ANY MORE, this reworked version has the original story, and all the info that was missing before. This was a good read before, it's a fantastic read now. Webber just gets better and better.

Does anyone besides me think that Weber's female protagonists could, with almost no change in the story, be male? I find nothing "feminine" about them at all. They don't have men problems, they don't get much of a reaction from the men around them. They might as well be men. Does it matter? Maybe not, but why aren't his female readers objecting? Maybe he doesn't have any female readers?

Don't get me wrong, I've read all of his books and enjoyed every one, but I know that women are more than, different than the way he represents them.

Oh, and I am male, married, with children.

The rating is for the original Path of the Fury, and even reduced.
I was perfectly satisfied with the original Path of the Fury, and have no interest in reading more verbiage.
In fact, though I've read all the Honor Harrington books, the last few (4-5) could do with pruning. 20% less text would have made for much better books.
Instead of writing an unnecessary prequel and grafting it on the outstanding original, how about doing something with such a great character as Alicia/Tisiphone/Megarea and writing a sequel?
A general thought - how come we have much less time now, but S.F books are 4 times what they used to be in the 1950-60? The 200 page books they wrote then were at least as good as the 850 pages written now (eg. At All Costs)

The original story was great, but the newer updated story is fantastic. David Webber tends to just drop you into his universe, explaining only what he needs to, so you can follow the technical and political elements of the story. This usually means you just have to take a lot of the background for granted. In the original story this made for some rather large holes that you just dealt with.

NOT ANY MORE, this reworked version has the original story, and all the info that was missing before. This was a good read before, it's a fantastic read now. Webber just gets better and better.

I've been a fan of David Weber for years; in fact, Mutineer's Moon and its sequels is still one of my favorite series. The first 4 or 5 Harrington books rocked, and I lovedPath of the Fury.

But I've noticed a trend with Weber in the last few years - the last few Harrington books got so bogged down with political and technical claptrap that the story disappeared. It's very disappointing, because Weber used to be able to tell a darn good story.

In Fury Born has followed the precedent; I couldn't get past the first 100 pages because of all the other stuff getting in the way. Which is too bad, because I always wanted to know DeVries' backstory.

Had this book, loaned it out and lost it and finally had to order another copy. As the other reviewers have said, Absolutely great read.

NOTE::: THIS BOOK IS NOT PART OF A SERIES!

The book 'Path Of The Fury' is a RE-PRINT of the second half of this book and is NOT worth buying.
The book 'Hell Hath No Fury' has NOTHING to do with this book!

Weber delivers yet again. I read Path of the Fury years ago. It was pretty good Space opera then. With the new backstory, it *really* takes off.

I won't give away any of the plot, but any military veteran will get teary-eyed reading one sequence; I did. It's extremely emotional.

The book is a "Don't Miss."

I loved it! It is high adventure in which the herione is just delicious. I couldn't put it down, but I didn't want it to end. I'm right now looking for other Weber books with this character (Alicia DeVries), but it's not looking good. I read another of Weber's books assuming I would find comparable adventure, only to be bored to tears. Give this one a try. The heroine kicks ass like few ever have.

A great read for hard Sci-Fi & Space Opera fans. Second half of this story was released as "Path of the Fury" several years ago; the first half fills out Alicia DeVries' life and explains how this society developed. Shows how life's disappointments can make you stronger, and how holding to your beliefs and principles can improve society. Hopefully a sequel will follow

If you read the Honor Harrington books you will love this.

Even if you own a copy of Path of the Fury buy this.

It takes you back to the start of Alicia Devries career right up to & including Path of the Fury.

Finaly read about what happened in the Shallingsport raid.

All we need now is to know what happens next.

Frist let me say I think Weber is at the top of the list in his field I have a fan as I own all of the Harrington series up to (at all cost)path of the fury, the march series, three with White, and every thing that he has done up to this new book witch I will buy when it is in soft back. I hope he will do more of Harrington series. all in all I think he is a hell of a writer. I am also a Nora Roberts fan for what it's worth

David Weber seems to have become this generations premier scifi writer. His work moves along quite nicely with no plot lines straying off into wonderland or requiring the reader to accept conceptions way out of sight to work. Excellent read.

I've forced myself about halfway through this book, but the writing is just no good. There are misspellings, grammatical errors, and it just looks like the book was not reviewed by an editor at all before it was published. The story is not novel. It seems to be a series of short stories, pieced together. But there is nothing interesting or new about them. I keep hoping it will pick up at some point - show some interesting twist or turn. In sum: lame writing, lame plot. But who knows, I'm only at page 400. Maybe the next 400 pages will be better.

I can't think of an author in modern history that's tried to get every cent out of his fans. Publish a book. Rewrite it and publish it again. "expand" the storylines to add new, hollow, characters. Pile on book after book. I finally stopped purchasing all the books he writes, ghost writes, or stamps his name on. Enough is enough!

I can't wait until a new novel by David Weber comes out. I was extremely disappointed in this work. I had read the original and had found it mediocre. This added nothing but alot of words. There is little plot and no character development beyond the main character. I am glad I didn't buy this one. Probably only one I don't own.